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Tal Bagels

Dining · 4+ locations · Upper East Side, Gramercy

Ami Halon has personally owned and run Tal Bagels' four Manhattan shops for at least two decades, with no outside investors. Employees have filed at least five federal wage-and-hour lawsuits against its stores since 2009, alleging unpaid wages or overtime.

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Tal Bagels is independent: Ami Halon has personally owned and run all four Manhattan shops for at least two decades, and no outside investor has been reported. That same hands-on ownership is where its labor record sits — employees have filed at least five federal wage-and-hour suits against his stores since 2009, alleging unpaid wages or overtime, with the most recent in 2018. Halon, not an investor, answers for both.

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Company data last updated September 2026

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